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These are really really interesting thoughts around the remote teleop interface. A few things you mentioned have been on my mind. Teleop UX is underdeveloped and its affects is und…

I completely agree. If you have worked in the industry, I would like to talk to you and get your feedback on what I might be missing on my understanding in requirements in safety l…

This is a great idea - I would dig into this. I disagree on AI not winning here. Support crew mostly work on eliminating blindspots for operator. Yes you can eliminate blindspots w…

I totally agree, what I meant was if we only do CANbus retrofit, we would really limit ourselves in how compatible we are. So we have to focus on doing the right kind of retrofit r…

You've touched one of my favorite things to think about. I think about this a lot. There will always be people who enjoy fully analog cars/planes/watches over alternatives. I think…

I agree - the dumping and digging itself (where you move boom, arm, bucket much more than swing/tracks) should be manual. But swinging to the truck and back to pit (pure swinging m…

1. We're OEM/machine-agnostic 2. Full compatibility with any existing model and not just specific recent models

I think swinging (which is about 40% of dig and dump workflow by time spent) should not be manual. That's lowest levels of autonomy which requires roughly centering to the pit/truc…

I'd like to add that this was done in partnership with Frodobots.ai ( https://frodobots.ai ) and BitRobot.ai ( https://bitrobot.ai ). They are working on a great mission statement …

I definitely agree with you - recreating the scene in teleop is challenging. In excavators, however, it does make it better. An excavator has huge blindspots on the right (due to a…

I can relate to how you felt. Even though I developed this myself, when I saw it running remotely with no one sitting inside for the first time, it felt magical and weird. This is …

The way I think about this - we should not have multi screens. Human field of vision is 60 degrees for central and about 120 degrees binocular. The bucket of the excavator is way n…

I would love to explore that - could you help make this happen (I'm guessing you know him)?

Mining has had autonomous haulage (and to some extent excavation) for some years. They have been very tightly coupled to the individual machines, models and the quarry site. Constr…

Haha yes - luckily we don't get this outside SF. We call it flywheel because our mission is to solve data flywheel problem in robotics. related, this cool photo: https://x.com/jash…

I might be less experienced than you - I've operated upto 38 tons on maximum 15 degrees incline. I wasn't moving tracks a lot when I did that. Would like to hear what scenarios you…

Interestingly, we had some people try out VR teleop: https://x.com/Scobleizer/status/1970245161306464667 https://x.com/jash_mota/status/1969091992140304703 I think force feedback i…

That's indeed what we're trying to test to the extreme - to see how far we could go with just vision. We haven't done heavy excavation workflows yet, but we have some early success…

Thanks! Yes we're testing both CAN spoofing and retrofits. CAN spoofing really limits compatibility to a few machines/brands. Would love to get in touch with you: my email is conta…

We're indeed streaming the audio and have haptic feedback. My hypothesis is the seat vibration isn't as helpful. It's sub optimal and operators would be far more productive without…

You're right! This is exactly why we like to do mechanical actuation - we are able to achieve bilateral telepresence, which essentially gives the torque (haptic) feedback over the …

Thanks! Let's chat: contact @ useflywheel dot ai

It's far cheaper than millions! We're making something equipment owners want :) Let's chat? My email is contact at useflywheel dot ai

You're spot on! The experienced operators are quite skilled at moving these machines. The number of operators who could do this work are decreasing and it's also pretty dangerous w…

We have some autonomous safety layers (comprised of object/human detection like you mentioned and others) even for remote teleop. But we haven't deployed autonomy on real sites yet…